Research Guides: Media Diversity: General Research

Media Diversity Research Guide

Use this guide to explore resources on diversity and inclusion in Film & Television.

Diversity in Media Reference Books

The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference P86.5.I585 2013
21st Century Communication
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference P90.A14 2009
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference PN1993.45.G73 2007
Multicultural Films
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005
America on Film: representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies
Call Number: Cabell Library PN1995.9.M56 B46 2004
The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film
Call Number: ebook
Offers insights and analysis on issues such as: Hollywood's diversity crisis; White Savior films; Magic Negro tropes; The disconnect between screen images and lived realities of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asians.

Featured Diversity in Media Books

Racism in American Popular Media
Call Number: P94.5.M552 U625 2015
Race, Gender, and Film Censorship in Virginia, 1922-1965
Call Number: PN1995.63.V57 O58 2015
The Subject of Film and Race: Retheorizing Politics, Ideology, and Cinema
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2014
Advertising and Reality: a global study of representation and content
Call Number: HF5823.A16837 2012
Images That Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media
Call Number: P96.S74 I45 2011

Diversity in Media Articles

Use these arts and humanities databases to search for scholarly articles and essays on film theory & criticism.

Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Comprehensive bibliographic and full-text database of journal articles and books covering the spectrum of television and film. Covers areas such as film and television theory, preservation and restoration, cinematography, and more.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database
In-depth bibliographic coverage of foremost academic and popular film journals internationally. Includes "Treasures from Film Archives" dataset which includes credits for silent film-era holdings in film archives and select reference volumes.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication studies database with full-text, indexing, and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric, and discourse.
International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA) (now Performing Arts Periodicals Database)
Citations and abstracts, and select full text covering dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, broadcast arts, comedy, opera, and more.
ARTbibliographies Modern
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art.
Project Muse
Database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books in the humanities and social sciences from university presses and scholarly societies around the world.
JSTOR
Searchable backfiles of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. (Backfiles end typically 3 - 6 years prior to the current date).

Writing & Citing

Writing

A Dictionary of Media and Communication by Oxford University Press, 3rd ed.
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2022
Check your concepts and terms as you write!

VCU Writing Center
Located in Learning Commons the VCU Writing Center can help you via Face-to-Face and online consultations. In their words, they are "trained to help you sort out what you want to say, and how you want to say it." Come early in your project and come often!

Citing

VCU Libraries Citation Guide, MLA Style
MLA Style citation guide.
How to Cite Film, Video and Other Online Media
MLA Style guide from UCB Library Media Center
Son of Citation Machine
Easy-to-use web form for generating MLA citations.

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